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Apr

What Do Remote Hosting and CITRIX™ Mean to Me?

4/2/2013 3:12:51 PM by Ivonne Cueva_1

Post by Cathy Welsh MS, RD If you are documenting in the electronic medical record (EMR), chances are your information is stored, not directly, but in a land far, far away! More and more businesses are deciding to hire other companies to buy equipment and host applications, such as your EMR, over the Internet. I am most familiar with the software vendor, Cerner®, so let me explain “remote hosting”... read more

Mar

Longing for the Day of a Standardized Nutrition Documentation Process

3/7/2013 2:52:46 AM by Nancy G Collins PhD RD LDN

Feb

Drinking the HL7 Kool-Aid

2/1/2013 9:16:56 AM by Ivonne Cueva_1

Submitted by Amy Buehrle Light, RD, LDN: I have been aware of HL7 (Health Level 7) for 20 years or so, having worked with nutrition and food-service management systems that use HL7 standards to interface to electronic health records. During the past couple of years, I have learned much more about it while serving on the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ Nutrition Informatics Subcommittee for Int... read more

Jan

Getting Involved With Informatics

1/10/2013 1:24:41 PM by Nancy G Collins PhD RD LDN

Submitted by Carolyn Silzle, MS, MBA, RD... read more

Dec

Health IT Video Challenge

12/10/2012 1:12:34 AM by Nancy G Collins PhD RD LDN

As you know our friend and dietitian colleague Tara Gidus lost her husband Stephen to cancer the weekend of FNCE. Technology played a huge role in helping Tara help her husband and many, many others fight the good fight both as a source of information and as a way to communicate effectively.... read more

Sep